Chitra Katha photo poster No. 6: U.S. mine sweeper to Pakistan (Bengali, Dacca)
A Bengali-language photo page for USIS Dacca reporting a ceremony in Boston at which the U.S. Navy handed a mine-sweeper, renamed P.N.S. Mubarak, to Pakistan. Photographs show the guard of honour, the flag-raising, a plaque presentation and the Pakistani crew boarding. A U.S. rear admiral is quoted calling it a sign of mutual defence and the Southeast Asia treaty alliance. The tell is transfer: the ceremony's military pageantry is attached to the U.S.-Pakistan alliance.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- April 5, 1957
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Empire and colonialism
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, April 5, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948796, 306-PPB-34d).
Text on the object
চিত্র কথা পাকিস্তানকে মার্কিণ মাইন উত্তোলক জাহাজ উপহার দান Issue No. 6. Published weekly for U.S.I.S. Dacca by The Pioneer Press. Editor's Note:- Please Post in Public Place, such as School Room, Reading Room, Bulletin Board etc.
Chitra Katha (Pictorial Story) U.S. mine-sweeper ship given as a gift to Pakistan Issue No. 6. Published weekly for U.S.I.S. Dacca by The Pioneer Press. Editor's Note:- Please Post in Public Place, such as School Room, Reading Room, Bulletin Board etc.
Only the masthead, headline and printed imprint lines are transcribed; the Bengali photo captions and body columns are small and are not transcribed in full.
